Voting concerns central theme at Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians annual convention.

Thousands of people across Turtle Island will gather to remember, grieve, educate, mourn those who survived and are victims of Indian boarding and residential schools.

The book is a labor of love, with just a little exasperation.

IHS director Mark Cruz outlines request for a departmental increase in funding; assistant secretary of the Interior William Kirkland looks to hire 400 new BIA employees; tribal leaders share concerns ...

Traditional knowledge keepers from across the Pacific Northwest came together for two days to explore food sovereignty, culture plants, medicines and politics.

Inaugural Indigenous Civic Engagement Day on Sept. 18 seeks to strengthen relationship between the Native community and city government.

Theo Wright and his dad, Asa Wright, have both served as Two-Spirit head dancers at NAYA’s annual Neerchokikoo powwow, creating more visibility for Two-Spirit people in powwow settings.

For journalists, self-care and trauma sensitivity are as essential as diligence.

Sept. 9 and 10 at Portland State University, attendees can take part in knowledge sharing through dozens of workshops centering Indigenous food sovereignty.

Researchers say after record spending during the COVID pandemic, cuts to Native programs – and a lack of donations to Indigenous causes – are creating disparities.

Fans of the 2000s pop-culture phenomena are using online communities to fundraise for the tribe that says they never saw a cent after having their likeness used.

The revisions to Section 106 rules would make tribal consultation optional for development on ancestral lands.

Hundreds of wild horses at Jason Smith Ranch are at risk after the Bench Fire razes grazing land.

In the second year that the U.S. Forest Service suspended commercial harvest in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Ḱamíłpa Band members report feeling safer in fields, though sale of wild berries persis...

Under a state law passed in 2025, 90 names are up for replacement. Only two have been officially changed so far.

The Klamath Tribes’ Wildland Fire Program continues to work with other crews to help contain the Wrights Spring Fire.

Out of a dozen Native candidates on the ballot for the primary election on Aug. 4 in Washington, eight candidates won and will advance to the November election.

The study from the Seattle-based Urban Indian Health Institute shows impacts of the White House scrapping funds for domestic violence, sexual assault and MMIP services.

Section 106 aimed to give tribes a seat at the table in the development process and protect sacred sites.

As crews work to fight fires across Washington state, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation are a...

Weather continues to be a tricky factor in suppression efforts.

Bench Fire containment at 86%.

Oregonians pony up to help affected horses and livestock as Bench Fire rages on.

The removal of a marine archaeological protection law last year leaves Native sacred sites and cultural artifacts unrecorded as the Department of Interior initiates development plans.

The fire, started by a lighting strike on July 16, has burned 137,000 acres.

Complete containment remains top goal of fire crews.

Hotter temperatures and low humidity expected to drive up fire potential.

Email campaign launched ahead of revised list.

The return of 3.56 acres is a first-of-its-kind community-led project in the Seattle area.

Races in five states Tuesday, including Washington, have more than a dozen Native candidates running for public office.

Warm weather and winds in the forecast could challenge the containment efforts.

As wildfires burn through Native nations in Oregon and Washington, communities across both states have banded together to set up sites to donate and support families impacted by the fires.

It’s hot and dry across the region, making for tinderbox conditions.

On July 9, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation held a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected council members and leadership.

The prison event transcends walls to rekindle tradition, family.

Founder Rose High Bear’s venture shares lessons of the earth – but future funding is uncertain.

Environmental changes like low snowfall and warming water temperatures are impacting the behaviors of Pacific lamprey, according to the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and the generations...

Following the King County Regional Homelessness Authority Point-In-Time Count, that showed 4.2 percent of unsheltered individuals identified as American Indian, Alaska Native or Indigenous, Native-led...

Glendon Smith, a citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, received an award from Oregon Governor Tina Kotek for his work as the state’s first tribal liaison for the Oregon State Police.

Wileety Native American College at Sacramento State is the first college of its kind across the state focused on providing an education grounded in tribal leadership.

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On the 150th anniversary of Battle of Little BigHorn, “Victory Day 2026” benefit concert featured bands including Weedrat, Lo Cashninjas and Eggplant Dance Battle, in an event that emphasized strength...

‘First Stories of the Salish Sea,’ a collaboration with Taproot Travel Co. and FRS Clipper, took its inaugural voyage on June 16, offering the first Indigenous-led whale watching tour in Elliot Bay of...

A recent $25 million gift to the University of Washington School of Medicine Student Education Program will create the Franke Medical Student Scholars Program to provide scholarships, recruitment, and...